4 hours ago
Base Salary
$269k - $352k/yr
Responsibilities
- Improve and maintain the internal developer platform and its associated applications.
- Build and maintain shared tooling, templates, and internal libraries that accelerate product development.
- Support observability, monitoring, alerting, and production support so engineers can self-serve when issues occur.
- Work directly with internal users and partner teams to understand use cases, review projects, and reduce workflow friction.
- Write and maintain developer documentation, onboarding guides, and operational runbooks.
- Ship iterative improvements, incorporate user feedback, and own assigned projects and services through development and production.
- Collaborate with the Cybersecurity team to meet security and compliance requirements.
- Write clear, maintainable code and collaborate inclusively with engineering and firm-wide teams.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of professional software engineering experience.
- Proficiency in Python 3, Rust, or similar backend languages, with willingness to learn new technologies.
- Experience defining and shipping developer platforms or internal tooling that improved engineering velocity.
- Experience deploying services on at least one major cloud platform: GCP, AWS, or Azure.
- Experience with containerized services using Docker; Kubernetes experience is a plus.
- Exposure to CI/CD systems such as GitHub Actions, Cloud Build, or CircleCI.
- Experience with production SQL databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL; NoSQL experience such as Elasticsearch is a plus.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code concepts such as Terraform or Pulumi is a plus.
- Strong problem-solving skills, technical fundamentals, collaboration skills, empathy, and a get-it-done mentality.
- Ability to work with users with varying technical backgrounds and in environments emphasizing rapid iteration, code quality, and operational excellence.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement requiring in-office presence two to three days per week in San Francisco, California.
- Eligible participation in the a16z Carry program and discretionary bonus programs.
- Health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
- 401(k) plan, vacation, and sick leave.
Tech Stack
AWSAzureCircleCIDockerElasticsearchGitHub ActionsGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesMySQLPostgreSQLPythonRustTerraform
About a16z
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm that invests in technology companies from seed through growth across consumer, enterprise, fintech, bio/health, AI, crypto, and games. The firm manages multiple funds and earns management fees and carried interest, and provides portfolio support through recruiting, go-to-market help, and expert networks. Founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, it is privately held and headquartered in Menlo Park, California.